Urgent Triage
FLAGSHIPSpecialist Urgent Triage — Bookkeeping & Accounts Preparation
Books years behind, an ATO deadline looming, or a lender demanding financials by Friday? This is the specialist rescue team Sydney business owners turn to when there is no room left for error — and no time to start over.
In short
Specialist Urgent Triage is Local Knowledge’s flagship rescue service for Sydney businesses whose bookkeeping is badly behind or in disarray. Led personally by Graham Chee FCPA with an 18-year CPA team, we reconstruct neglected or broken accounts and produce clean, lodgement-ready financials against hard deadlines — ATO overdue lodgements, director penalty notices, finance applications, audits and sales.
When the books are broken, the deadline is real and the consequences are financial, you do not need a generalist — you need a specialist triage team that has seen it before and fixed it before. Specialist Urgent Triage is our flagship rescue service: we take businesses that are months or years behind, untangle the mess, reconstruct the accounts, and hand back a clean, lodgement-ready, decision-ready set of books — fast.
This is not junior data entry. Every rescue is led at principal level by Graham Chee FCPA, working with a CPA-qualified team that has operated together for 18 years. We have reconstructed accounts from bank statements, shoeboxes, half-finished software files and abandoned handovers. We have met the ATO deadline that looked impossible and produced financials that a bank, a buyer or an auditor accepted without a second glance.
Why can you not go past us? Because urgent accounts preparation is exactly where experience, judgement and CPA discipline matter most — and it is exactly where we are strongest. We triage in hours, not weeks. We tell you the truth about what is recoverable and what is not. And we do the work ourselves rather than offshoring your emergency to someone you will never speak to. When the stakes are highest, this is the group Sydney turns to.
Whether you are behind by one quarter or five years, whether you are facing a director penalty notice, a finance application, a sale, an audit or simply a business you can no longer see clearly — we stabilise it, reconstruct it, and give you back control.
Key takeaways
- Flagship rescue service for businesses months or years behind on their books.
- Principal-led by Graham Chee FCPA — not junior or offshore data entry.
- We reconstruct accounts from bank statements, receipts, part-finished files or abandoned handovers.
- Built for hard deadlines: ATO overdue lodgements, director penalty notices, finance and audit deadlines, business sales.
- Honest triage first — we tell you what is recoverable, the fastest path, and a fixed task-based price before we start.
What we deliver
- Rapid diagnostic triage — usually within about 48 hours we assess how far behind the books are, what it will take to fix them and a realistic timeframe for full reconstruction
- Full reconstruction of accounts from bank statements, receipts, invoices and existing software data
- Catch-up bookkeeping for every overdue period — one quarter or several years
- Reconciled, lodgement-ready accounts for overdue BAS, IAS and income tax returns
- Financial statements formatted for lenders, auditors, buyers or the ATO
- Correction of miscoded transactions, duplicate entries and prior-period errors
- A stabilised software file handed back clean, current and ready to maintain
- A written path forward so the emergency never happens again
How it works
Triage call
A direct conversation with Graham to understand the deadline, the stakes and the current state of the books. No sales funnel — straight to the problem.
Diagnostic & fixed quote
We assess the software file, bank data and outstanding periods, then give you an honest recovery plan, a realistic reconstruction timeframe and a fixed, task-based price — the assessment is usually complete within about 48 hours.
Reconstruction
Our CPA team rebuilds the accounts period by period — reconciling, recoding and correcting until the numbers are accurate and complete.
Lodgement-ready handover
You receive clean financials ready for the ATO, your lender, your auditor or your buyer — plus a plan to keep them that way.
Who this is for
- Businesses one or more years behind on bookkeeping and BAS
- Directors facing an ATO overdue-lodgement or director penalty notice deadline
- Owners who need financials fast for a loan, refinance or grant application
- Businesses preparing for sale, audit or due diligence with messy books
- Companies whose previous bookkeeper left mid-job or handed over an incomplete file
- Anyone who has lost confidence in the accuracy of their current numbers
Why Sydney businesses trust this to us
Principal-led by an FCPA
Every engagement is signed off by Graham Chee FCPA — not delegated to juniors or offshored.
One team, 18 years
A CPA-qualified team that has worked together for 18 years — continuity you can rely on.
Fixed, task-based pricing
No hourly clock. You know the price before the work starts.
Frequently asked questions
How far behind can you take on?
There is effectively no limit. We regularly reconstruct several years of neglected accounts. Whether you are one quarter or five years behind, we can triage it and give you a recovery plan.
How fast can you turn around urgent financials?
Our initial triage and assessment is usually complete within about 48 hours — that is when you find out exactly what is achievable, the realistic timeframe for full reconstruction and a fixed price. The reconstruction itself is not a 48-hour job; how long it takes depends on the volume and state of the records. We scope it honestly to your genuine deadline, and we routinely meet ATO, lender and audit deadlines that other firms decline. We tell you the truth about what is achievable before you commit.
I have a director penalty notice / overdue ATO lodgement. Can you help?
Yes — this is exactly what the service exists for. We reconstruct and lodge the overdue periods and, where appropriate, work with you and the ATO on the path forward. Acting quickly materially improves the options available to you.
Who actually does the work?
A CPA-qualified team that has worked together for 18 years, with every engagement signed off at principal level by Graham Chee FCPA. Your emergency is never offshored to someone you cannot speak to.
What does it cost?
We price on a fixed, task-based basis — no hourly clock ticking while your accounts are rebuilt. After the diagnostic you receive a fixed quote, so you know the cost before any reconstruction work begins.